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<span id="prop_tgt:LINKER_LANGUAGE"></span><h1>LINKER_LANGUAGE<a class="headerlink" href="#linker-language" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>Specifies language whose compiler will invoke the linker.</p>
<p>For executables, shared libraries, and modules, this sets the language
whose compiler is used to link the target (such as “C” or “CXX”).  A
typical value for an executable is the language of the source file
providing the program entry point (main).  If not set, the language
with the highest linker preference value is the default.  See
documentation of <span class="target" id="index-0-variable:CMAKE_&lt;LANG&gt;_LINKER_PREFERENCE"></span><a class="reference internal" href="../variable/CMAKE_LANG_LINKER_PREFERENCE.html#variable:CMAKE_&lt;LANG&gt;_LINKER_PREFERENCE" title="CMAKE_&lt;LANG&gt;_LINKER_PREFERENCE"><code class="xref cmake cmake-variable docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">CMAKE_&lt;LANG&gt;_LINKER_PREFERENCE</span></code></a> variables.</p>
<p>If this property is not set by the user, it will be calculated at
generate-time by CMake.</p>
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